The Linux Foundation Welcomes Open Source Experts in Security, Cloud and Mobile Technologies

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 7, 2016 —
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit advancing professional
open source management
for mass collaboration today is announcing six new members are joining the organization:
Bitnami, CoSoSys, GigaSpaces, Thundersoft, NXT Foundation and INUIT Foundation - University
of Rome Tor Vergata.

Open source software is leading the way for mass, cross-industry collaboration spanning web
applications, security protocols, cloud software, and mobile devices. To overcome
interoperability barriers and speed the rate of innovation for the next generation of
computing, The Linux Foundation unites thousands of developers across hundreds of global
companies and open source projects. These professionals collaborate with The Linux
Foundation to build common, open source technology platforms, develop best practices and
provide a foundation for the world's largest efforts to advance open source software.

"Open source software enables companies to collaborate across industries and reach new
levels of innovation faster than working alone. The Linux Foundation provides the critical
infrastructure needed to enable this level of collaboration," said Jim Zemlin,
executive director, The Linux Foundation. "These new members represent the continuing
shift towards open source as the de facto way to build technology solutions."

More information about the newest Linux Foundation members:

Bitnami provides free, ready-to-run open source server applications as native installers,
virtual appliances (VMs) cloud templates, and containers. With Bitnami, users of any skill
level can have a complete data visualization tool, blogging platform, bug-tracking software,
software development environment or other applications up and running in minutes.

"Bitnami is constantly striving to make it easy for users to run their favorite apps
and development frameworks by making our applications more flexible and accessible to a
larger audience," said David Dennis, VP of Marketing, Bitnami. "Open source
technology is at the heart of this effort, and we’re excited to join The Linux
Foundation as we increase our development efforts around microservices, orchestration
templates, and other key pieces of the rapidly evolving cloud and container
ecosystems."

CoSoSys
enables businesses and end users around the world to take full advantage of the
performance benefits of mobility, portability and communications solutions, without
compromising security. CoSoSys specializes in content-aware Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for
Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management
for iOS and Android, and applications for portable storage device encryption and
enhancement.

"Joining The Linux Foundation was a natural next step for us since we support Linux
with our DLP software and our solutions are Linux-based," said Roman Foeckl, CEO and
Founder, CoSoSys. "We feel passionately about supporting the Linux community, because
it shares a lot of our same values, especially with its emphasis on, and reputation for,
being secure."

Cloudify
by GigaSpaces, is an open source, pure-play cloud orchestration platform that
automates and manages complex applications throughout their entire lifecycle. Based on
TOSCA, Cloudify provides a single pane of glass to manage and orchestrate hybrid cloud
infrastructures, containers, and legacy environments. Cloudify brings web scale best
practices for installing, configuring, scaling and repairing cloud applications using
automated and repeatable workflows.

"GigaSpaces is deeply invested in building open source platforms to empower
next-generation web applications to automate and scale in hybrid cloud environments,
alongside containers and even non-virtualized install-bases," said Nati Shalom, CTO,
GigaSpaces. "The Linux Foundation is the ideal forum for open source professionals to
unite and collaborate for the future of computing."

Thundersoft
is a worldwide provider of mobile operating system and smart device solutions, focusing in
areas including mobile phone/tablet, IoT, automotive, enterprise, among others. With
full-stack engineering resources covering mobile software; hardware; all layers of operating
system development; a rich technology/solution portfolio; strategic partnerships with key
SoC/ISV/IHV vendors; and a global support networks, Thundersoft is able to provide
professional, solid, responsive and turn-key mobile platform technology, services and
solutions, and enable customers worldwide to build high-quality and quick-to-market
products.

"We believe that open source paves the way to interoperability and innovation for
consumers and end users. The Linux Foundation hosts open source projects spanning IoT to
cloud-based technologies, which will allow us to participate in the global open source
ecosystem," said Larry Geng, CEO, Thundersoft.

Today The Linux Foundation also welcomes the NXT Foundation and INUIT Foundation -
University of Rome Tor Vergata as Affiliate Members.

About The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world's top developers and
companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial
adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest
technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded
in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open
source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company.
More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org
www.linuxfoundation.org.

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